01: /*
02: * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.remoting.support;
18:
19: import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
20:
21: /**
22: * Strategy interface for executing a {@link RemoteInvocation} on a target object.
23: *
24: * <p>Used by {@link org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiServiceExporter} (for RMI invokers)
25: * and by {@link org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerServiceExporter}.
26: *
27: * @author Juergen Hoeller
28: * @since 1.1
29: * @see DefaultRemoteInvocationFactory
30: * @see org.springframework.remoting.rmi.RmiServiceExporter#setRemoteInvocationExecutor
31: * @see org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerServiceExporter#setRemoteInvocationExecutor
32: */
33: public interface RemoteInvocationExecutor {
34:
35: /**
36: * Perform this invocation on the given target object.
37: * Typically called when a RemoteInvocation is received on the server.
38: * @param invocation the RemoteInvocation
39: * @param targetObject the target object to apply the invocation to
40: * @return the invocation result
41: * @throws NoSuchMethodException if the method name could not be resolved
42: * @throws IllegalAccessException if the method could not be accessed
43: * @throws InvocationTargetException if the method invocation resulted in an exception
44: * @see java.lang.reflect.Method#invoke
45: */
46: Object invoke(RemoteInvocation invocation, Object targetObject)
47: throws NoSuchMethodException, IllegalAccessException,
48: InvocationTargetException;
49:
50: }
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